# Factual Scientific errors in movies...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-scientific-errors-in-movies/261704>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 27, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-scientific-errors-in-movies/261704 "2004-08-27T00:20:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-scientific-errors-in-movies/261704/161 "2004-09-02T16:24:02Z")

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> [@Khadaji](#):
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> The average adult brain weighs between 2.9 and 3.1 lbs.

Is that all? I don’t think we ever covered that in my science classes. Anyway, I wouldn’t lend much credence to any factoids learned from _Phantoms_, which I will always remember as the movie where they determine that the Devil is made of Vaseline.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-scientific-errors-in-movies/261704/162 "2004-09-02T16:31:16Z")

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> [@Khadaji](#):
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> The average adult brain weighs between 2.9 and 3.1 lbs.

Slight detour - any barbarian worth his salt can also tell you that the average human skull holds three pints!

We now return you to your scheduled hijack.

😃

I had to put it here. This is Post #2001 for me!

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-scientific-errors-in-movies/261704/163 "2004-09-02T17:25:39Z")

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> [@cbawlmer](#):
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> Is that all? I don’t think we ever covered that in my science classes. Anyway, I wouldn’t lend much credence to any factoids learned from _Phantoms_, which I will always remember as the movie where they determine that the Devil is made of Vaseline.

Me either. I typed “human brain weigh” into google and found it at [USAToday](http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/wonderquest/2004-01-09-wonderquest_x.htm). Enough of the other sites confirmed this approximate weight that I believed them.

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**Author:** ![MikeCollins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@MikeCollins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeCollins)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-scientific-errors-in-movies/261704/164 "2004-09-04T23:43:14Z")

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> [@Ross](#):
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> You should all enjoy this site:
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> [The Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics Pages](http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/index.html)
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> By real physicists. And they have a special place in their hearts for _The Core_. Here’s their [movie review section](http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/mpmain.html#reviews).

These were sooooooooooo cool.

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